The former Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter explained that he was going to Ukraine as an online reporter, he intends to cover the Russian war against Ukraine on his YouTube channel.
Journalists note that “Aiden has long accepted the risks” of returning to Ukraine.
The BBC recalls that Ukraine has been Aslin’s home for four years and that he “still has a deep bond” with the country that opposes Russian aggression, and understands this war “as it seems to him”.
Aslin’s relatives have supported his decision to go to Ukraine, although it is “not easy” for them to let him go, reporters say.
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Aslin and another Briton, Sean Pinner, were captured in mid-April. Since 2018, they have served in the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and after the start of a full-scale war, they participated in the defense of Mariupol, Donetsk region.
on June 9 the so-called “DPR court” sentenced Aslin, Pinner and Moroccan Saadoun Brahim to death.
At the time, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was “shocked” by the death sentence and ordered ministers to do “everything in their power” to secure the release.
On June 30, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that capital punishment should not be applied to them, but on the same day, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is more does not implement decisions ECtHR.
September 21 Aslin, Pinner and Brahim they were released following a prisoner exchange.
